Category: News

On January 16th, WICS hosted an Interview Prep Workshop in DBH 6011. There were about 40 students attending the event. Before the presentation, students were greeting each other, going over the questions that had been passed out, and eating pizza. WICS’ Internal Vice President Cheyenne Chavez and External Vice President Read More

On January 9th, WICS hosted the first general meeting of 2019 in DBH 6011! There were around 50 students who attended this event. Students were all happily chatting with each other and eating pizza before the presentation started. WICS’ Co-Presidents Princess Pancubit and Crystal Agerton welcomed all members and introduced Read More

On December 3rd, Monday of Week 10, WICS hosted their quarterly ICS Potluck. Members brought delicious food from cornbread to Panda Express to Filipino spaghetti. For dessert, members also brought cookies, 85ºC bread, and candy canes. Everyone sat together around a banquet-style table, meeting and catching up with friends and Read More

On Monday, November 26, WICS hosted its very own casino night! In order to relax after midterms, students gathered with food and drinks to play all kinds of fun games. The competition got heated in blackjack, Egyptian War, and especially Mario Kart, where players bet on who would be first! Read More

On Monday, November 19, WICS hosted an Academic Planning Workshop to help students with their class schedules and four year plans. With the enrollment window coming up, this was the perfect opportunity to recommend classes and tools to help with the upcoming registration. Some of the tools recommended to students Read More

On Thursday, November 15th, WICS hosted an information session with MSC Software. Our speakers, Stephanie and Juliana, shared their experiences in the job recruitment process, achieving graduate degrees and exposed attendees to different career opportunities for students in computer science. To get some insight on what kind of career path Read More

On Monday, November 5th, WICS teamed up with ACM to host mock technical interviews! Upperclassmen with extensive interview experience volunteered to share their expertise with those who signed up. Attendees were given a coding question that could come up during a typical technical interview. They were encouraged to think out Read More

The long-awaited mentorship reveal finally took place on Monday, October 29th. As our mentorship theme this year is Pokemon, mentors and mentees started off their adventure with a given slip of paper with a hint about their family type and three letters from their assigned Pokemon. They went around the Read More

On Thursday, October 25th, WICS collaborated with Deloitte Consulting, SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers), and NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers), to host an invite-only Coffee Chat event. Around 12 Deloitte practitioners came to talk to students who have applied to Deloitte Consulting’s open positions. It was a great Read More

On Monday, October 22nd, WICS hosted a Blizzard Info-Session. We had over 70 attendees come and learn about what it is like to work at Blizzard! Ellen, the University Relations Recruiter, shared information about internship and new grad opportunities as well as tips on how to apply successfully, and she Read More